During the opening day on 17th of June we will take you on a tour of Maajaam to show you how to heat a smoke sauna and to demonstrate what kind of machines are used to create art in Maajaam. We will introduce the outdoor exhibition “Wild Bits” that is in the main programme of European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 and will be opened next summer.

There will be a performative surprise “Noisephony of Lawn Mowers” by Taavi Suisalu. It will be conducted by the composer and conductor Arash Yazdani. We will also taste and hear about wild fermented foods from Liis Tuulberg. During the day artist Kadri Toom and children are waiting for you in the forest cafe. Käty and Jüri Tarkpea are visiting us from Ag47, a competence center for traditional photography. They will introduce wet plate photography and offer the opportunity to have your portrait taken using 19th-century photographic techniques. Our good friends Aivar Tõnso, Joonatan Allandi, Helen Västrik and (our own) Mari-Liis Rebane will be playing their favourite music.

By the end of the day, the sauna will hopefully be hot and the pony-lovers can take part in a tour to Ponyland.

Those who would like to stay overnight can pack a tent and a sleeping bag with them and are welcome to camp out.

We are welcoming you on 17th of June from 14:00

See you in Maajaam!

Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center is organizing an art bus that is coming to the opening event on 17th of June. The bus starts its journey from Tallinn at 10:30 and brings the art audience back by 22:30. But you can also jump on a bus from Tartu at 13:00 and return around 20:00. Bus tickets at a symbolic price can be purchased through the Fienta ticketing system.

Taavi Suisalu’s “Noisephony of Lawn Mowers”, that will be performed during opening day, is looking for participants. If you would like to be one of the performers and lawn mower operators, then let us know. Special skills are not necessary but it would be great if you have used a lawn mower or a string trimmer before. We need you to be in Maajaam around 12:00 for the rehearsal.

Sign up by sending email to info@maajaam.ee